Memorial Path Station: Anton-Renz-Weg Bregenz

Anton Renz (1924–1945) deserted towards the end of the war from the Wehrmacht and hid in the basement of his parents' house in Bregenz. On May 1, 1945, passing German troops wanted to prevent the advance of French soldiers by blowing up the Ach Bridge between Bregenz and Lauterach. After Renz and his friend Helmut Falch had tried to defuse the already placed explosives, they were arrested by the SS and shortly afterwards shot in Lauterach. On May 8, 1945, they were buried in the Bregenz-Vorkloster cemetery. The site is part of a memorial trail that since 2002 has remembered resistance and persecution in Bregenz with several memorial plaques.